Knife attacker injures several people, including children, in French Alpine town

Knife attacker injures several people, including children, in French Alpine town
France’s inside minister says an attacker with a knife has injured kids and others in a city within the Alps.

Gerald Darmanin stated the assault befell in a sq. within the city of Annecy.

In a brief tweet, he stated police have detained the attacker.

“Several people including children have been injured by an individual armed with a knife in a square in Annecy,” he tweeted.

An official, talking on situation of anonymity as a result of he wasn’t authorised to discuss the creating state of affairs, stated 4 kids and two adults have been wounded. The official cautioned that the variety of wounded might evolve as a result of the complete particulars weren’t but clear. The official stated he had no particulars in regards to the gravity of the accidents.

National police additionally stated that 4 kids have been among the many wounded, and that two of them suffered life-threatening accidents. The different two kids have been flippantly injured, police stated.

An area politician, Antoine Armand, tweeted that kids have been attacked on a playground.

He known as the assault “abominable”.

“We still know very little but all my support for the victims, relatives, law enforcement and rescue,” Armand stated in a translation of the tweet.

In Paris, politicians interrupted a debate to carry a second of silence for the victims, BFMTV reported.

A file picture reveals a view of the lake of Annecy within the French Alps. (AP)

Annecy is simply over the border from Geneva in Switzerland, about 550km south-east of Paris.

Source: www.9news.com.au